IL IL - Yasmin Acree, 15, Chicago, 15 Jan 2008
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The 15-year-old vanished from her home located in the 4800-block of Congress on Jan. 16. Acree's adopted mother, Rose Starnes, believes her daughter was abducted. She showed off the gates leading to the young girl's bedroom in the basement and says one of the locks was broken and left behind by police.
"We told the police that that lock was cut off the gate in order for someone to get into the basement. The thing is they didn't take the lock for fingerprints or anything," said Starnes.
"The lock issue is not going to go away. It's not going to go away& Somebody fumbled the ball," said Ira Acree, victim's uncle and community activist.
Commander Salemme said he could not comment about the lock.
Starnes says her daughter was not the type of child to runaway police believe otherwise.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6255274
The 15-year-old vanished from her home located in the 4800-block of Congress on Jan. 16. Acree's adopted mother, Rose Starnes, believes her daughter was abducted. She showed off the gates leading to the young girl's bedroom in the basement and says one of the locks was broken and left behind by police.
"We told the police that that lock was cut off the gate in order for someone to get into the basement. The thing is they didn't take the lock for fingerprints or anything," said Starnes.
"The lock issue is not going to go away. It's not going to go away& Somebody fumbled the ball," said Ira Acree, victim's uncle and community activist.
Commander Salemme said he could not comment about the lock.
Starnes says her daughter was not the type of child to runaway police believe otherwise.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6255274
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Family Of Missing Teen To File Police Complaint
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/yasmin.acree.austin.2.770411.html
Relatives of a missing Chicago teenager have demanded an investigation into how Chicago police have handled the case. Seven months after Yasmin Acree went missing, her family took their demands to independent police watchdogs. But they got little help there.
Family members and friends spent more than an hour in the office of the Independent Police Review Authority's director. Their claim: the police investigation into the disappearance of 15-year-old Yasmin Acree was reckless.
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/yasmin.acree.austin.2.770411.html
Relatives of a missing Chicago teenager have demanded an investigation into how Chicago police have handled the case. Seven months after Yasmin Acree went missing, her family took their demands to independent police watchdogs. But they got little help there.
Family members and friends spent more than an hour in the office of the Independent Police Review Authority's director. Their claim: the police investigation into the disappearance of 15-year-old Yasmin Acree was reckless.
If she is a runaway (I know the parents don't think she is) what are the chances she would start a new myspace? I don't know how to search myspace - seems I never get results and I am not signed up there. BUT if any one is and feels like doing an updated search, I would be interested in the results.
Do you think Oprah or Murray would be interested in this story now that the parents are going to file an action against the police? Seems they could use some publicity. Also, what does it take to get her on NMEC database?
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Do you think Oprah or Murray would be interested in this story now that the parents are going to file an action against the police? Seems they could use some publicity. Also, what does it take to get her on NMEC database?
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Yasmin's story will be aired this Saturday, Dec 13th on America's Most Wanted. Much more info regarding her story there... Sorry I am unable to add a link due to computer problems.
Please continue to pray for her safe return and her family.
Please continue to pray for her safe return and her family.
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Thanks for letting us know about the AMW story, Cubby.
Here's the link:
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=61762
Here's the link:
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=61762
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Thank Rosco, if she hadn't gotten her father and step mothers story posted there, and the mod's hadn't posted the message, I may not have noticed.
and thank you for adding the link.
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Reward increased for help finding missing teen
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=6606859
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=6606859
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Yasmin's story
A year ago today, Rose Starnes was frantically wondering what happened to her 15-year-old daughter, Yasmin Acree, who disappeared from their Austin home the week earlier.
Last Thursday was the one-year anniversary of Yasmin's disappearance. The family believes she was kidnapped from their home, but Chicago Police can't say for sure. Yasmin turned 16 Oct. 25. Starnes believes Yasmin is still alive, perhaps being held against her will. Family and friends by habit talk about her in the present tense. The family would have thrown a party for Yasmin on her birthday, Starnes said, either at the Congress Parkway home or out at a restaurant. Yasmin loves to eat, her mother said.
Last Thursday, the family had a press conference at the 25th District Police Station at 5555 W. Grand to mark the year she's been gone. They were joined by law enforcement officials, clergy and community leaders. Yasmin's cousin, the Rev. Ira Acree of Greater St. John Bible Church, led the proceedings. They announced a $3,000 reward offered for any information leading to her whereabouts. Yasmin, the group pointed out, is among the nearly 1 million children who go missing each year.
"It's hard but we get along," said Starnes on a Sunday morning in the family's living room. "This one year has been hard because we're nowhere close then where we were in the beginning. We don't know any more then when she came up missing."
A cardboard cut-out made by family and friends with Yasmin's photo and the words "We Miss U/Where are U" sits in the home's first-floor. Police call Starnes every week about the case but there's been no serious leads.
In October, her story appeared on the Maury Povich Show that featured missing children and on America's Most Wanted in December. Producers from the Povich show filmed at the family's home. Yasmin's room, which is in the basement, hasn't changed that much, except for a new bed spread. About a dozen stuffed animals are on the bed. Yasmin's gym shoes are resting on a stool. Her salutatorian plague and trophy for winning an essay contest while at May Elementary School where she was an academic scholar sits on the window sill. Yasmin talked about becoming a fashion designer or a model, and sometimes talked about college.
"She enjoyed reading," said Starnes. "When she finished reading her own books, she'd read her mothers.'"
She also liked watching the Disney Channel, which is one of her favorite stations, her mom said. Yasmin, Starnes added, has some friends but was quiet, mostly stayed at home and went to school. That's why the family never believed she ran away, one of the earlier theories by police shortly after she went missing.
It was Tuesday evening, Jan 15, 2008 when Yasmin was last seen. She went to school that day at Austin Polytech Academy on the Austin High School campus, 231 N. Pine, then to the Austin YMCA, 501 N. Central, after school where she was part of a mentoring program. Her teachers at May school, where Yasmin graduated in 2007, recruited her for the program. Yasmin spent time with her mentor that Tuesday before heading home that evening. Family members saw her. They said she washed clothes in the basement before going to bed. She was gone the next day and hasn't been seen since.
Rev. Ira Acree believes she's alive. The family is concerned that her case has not gotten the type of media attention other missing children have received.
"It gives the impression that people have moved on," he said. "It's also hard on her friends and other youth in our community. They think, 'Would this happen to me if I was missing?' When other kids go missing in other communities, everything stops. Unfortunately, in urban America, when a little girl disappears, they just don't get that 100 percent attention."
Acree also wonders how any children can disappear without a trace.
"We know she just didn't vanish off the face of the earth. I believe in my heart that somebody knows something. My thing is: if there's anyone police have a suspicion about, investigate every lead and no one is off limits."
Some of Yasmin's friends and teachers from Austin Polytech attended last Thursday's press conference. Yasmin's best friend was her cousin Shakenna Banks. They liked to go out or hang out in the basement, Shakenna noted, either listening to music or making up their own songs. Yasmin's favorite artists are Omarion, Lil Wayne and Bow Wow.
"We use to write songs together, and she has a journal and we would just write about what we did that day. Or we would just sing or get on her brother's nerves," Shakenna said.
Yasmin's last birthday with the family was in 2007, but her brother wanted to throw one for her last year. Starnes said the family didn't because Yasmin is not here.
Starnes also thinks her daughter's case has gone largely ignored by much of the media.
"Sometimes I really don't [believe it has gotten the attention it deserves]," she said. "With some people, it all depends. Sometimes they can find people real quick. But maybe that's how I feel because they haven't found her. It's really frustrating too because she's a child. And it's made other kids scared too, that a child could disappear into thin air."
Starnes also talked of feeling useless because, "she's probably out there wondering when someone is going to come and get her".
http://www.austinweeklynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=2088&TM=10298.12
A year ago today, Rose Starnes was frantically wondering what happened to her 15-year-old daughter, Yasmin Acree, who disappeared from their Austin home the week earlier.
Last Thursday was the one-year anniversary of Yasmin's disappearance. The family believes she was kidnapped from their home, but Chicago Police can't say for sure. Yasmin turned 16 Oct. 25. Starnes believes Yasmin is still alive, perhaps being held against her will. Family and friends by habit talk about her in the present tense. The family would have thrown a party for Yasmin on her birthday, Starnes said, either at the Congress Parkway home or out at a restaurant. Yasmin loves to eat, her mother said.
Last Thursday, the family had a press conference at the 25th District Police Station at 5555 W. Grand to mark the year she's been gone. They were joined by law enforcement officials, clergy and community leaders. Yasmin's cousin, the Rev. Ira Acree of Greater St. John Bible Church, led the proceedings. They announced a $3,000 reward offered for any information leading to her whereabouts. Yasmin, the group pointed out, is among the nearly 1 million children who go missing each year.
"It's hard but we get along," said Starnes on a Sunday morning in the family's living room. "This one year has been hard because we're nowhere close then where we were in the beginning. We don't know any more then when she came up missing."
A cardboard cut-out made by family and friends with Yasmin's photo and the words "We Miss U/Where are U" sits in the home's first-floor. Police call Starnes every week about the case but there's been no serious leads.
In October, her story appeared on the Maury Povich Show that featured missing children and on America's Most Wanted in December. Producers from the Povich show filmed at the family's home. Yasmin's room, which is in the basement, hasn't changed that much, except for a new bed spread. About a dozen stuffed animals are on the bed. Yasmin's gym shoes are resting on a stool. Her salutatorian plague and trophy for winning an essay contest while at May Elementary School where she was an academic scholar sits on the window sill. Yasmin talked about becoming a fashion designer or a model, and sometimes talked about college.
"She enjoyed reading," said Starnes. "When she finished reading her own books, she'd read her mothers.'"
She also liked watching the Disney Channel, which is one of her favorite stations, her mom said. Yasmin, Starnes added, has some friends but was quiet, mostly stayed at home and went to school. That's why the family never believed she ran away, one of the earlier theories by police shortly after she went missing.
It was Tuesday evening, Jan 15, 2008 when Yasmin was last seen. She went to school that day at Austin Polytech Academy on the Austin High School campus, 231 N. Pine, then to the Austin YMCA, 501 N. Central, after school where she was part of a mentoring program. Her teachers at May school, where Yasmin graduated in 2007, recruited her for the program. Yasmin spent time with her mentor that Tuesday before heading home that evening. Family members saw her. They said she washed clothes in the basement before going to bed. She was gone the next day and hasn't been seen since.
Rev. Ira Acree believes she's alive. The family is concerned that her case has not gotten the type of media attention other missing children have received.
"It gives the impression that people have moved on," he said. "It's also hard on her friends and other youth in our community. They think, 'Would this happen to me if I was missing?' When other kids go missing in other communities, everything stops. Unfortunately, in urban America, when a little girl disappears, they just don't get that 100 percent attention."
Acree also wonders how any children can disappear without a trace.
"We know she just didn't vanish off the face of the earth. I believe in my heart that somebody knows something. My thing is: if there's anyone police have a suspicion about, investigate every lead and no one is off limits."
Some of Yasmin's friends and teachers from Austin Polytech attended last Thursday's press conference. Yasmin's best friend was her cousin Shakenna Banks. They liked to go out or hang out in the basement, Shakenna noted, either listening to music or making up their own songs. Yasmin's favorite artists are Omarion, Lil Wayne and Bow Wow.
"We use to write songs together, and she has a journal and we would just write about what we did that day. Or we would just sing or get on her brother's nerves," Shakenna said.
Yasmin's last birthday with the family was in 2007, but her brother wanted to throw one for her last year. Starnes said the family didn't because Yasmin is not here.
Starnes also thinks her daughter's case has gone largely ignored by much of the media.
"Sometimes I really don't [believe it has gotten the attention it deserves]," she said. "With some people, it all depends. Sometimes they can find people real quick. But maybe that's how I feel because they haven't found her. It's really frustrating too because she's a child. And it's made other kids scared too, that a child could disappear into thin air."
Starnes also talked of feeling useless because, "she's probably out there wondering when someone is going to come and get her".
http://www.austinweeklynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=2088&TM=10298.12
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/...int-yasmin-acree-investigation-091009.article
10 Sept 09
The Chicago Police Department has sustained a complaint against two officers in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl, a police source confirmed Thursday.
The department would not officially discuss the nature of the complaint or what punishment the officers might face, if any.
But a source said the complaint was filed by Rose Starnes, an aunt of the girl, Yasmin Acree, who was first reported missing from the West Side on Jan. 16, 2008.
In her complaint, Starnes said two officers responded to her home in the 4800 block of West Congress to take a missing-persons report.
Starnes said she showed them a lock that had been cut off a rear basement door. Yasmin lived in the lower level of the house.
But the officers would not inventory the lock, Starnes said in her complaint.
more at link
More info at another link: http://www.wbbm780.com/Missing-Teen-s-Family-Demands-Meeting-With-Top-Cop/5192006
10 Sept 09
The Chicago Police Department has sustained a complaint against two officers in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl, a police source confirmed Thursday.
The department would not officially discuss the nature of the complaint or what punishment the officers might face, if any.
But a source said the complaint was filed by Rose Starnes, an aunt of the girl, Yasmin Acree, who was first reported missing from the West Side on Jan. 16, 2008.
In her complaint, Starnes said two officers responded to her home in the 4800 block of West Congress to take a missing-persons report.
Starnes said she showed them a lock that had been cut off a rear basement door. Yasmin lived in the lower level of the house.
But the officers would not inventory the lock, Starnes said in her complaint.
more at link
More info at another link: http://www.wbbm780.com/Missing-Teen-s-Family-Demands-Meeting-With-Top-Cop/5192006
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Family of missing girl meets with CPD chief
The family of a missing teenager met with Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis Thursday.
Yasmin Acree disappeared more than a year-and-a-half ago. Her family believes police hampered efforts to find her. Police officials have admitted there was misconduct while investigating the case.
And it is those mistakes that the family of Yasmin Acree says cost precious time and effort in finding the teen. Thursday, the girl's family asked Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis to reclassify the case and have detectives investigating the Yasmin's disappearance, not treat her as a runaway, but as a missing person who was kidnapped.
Surrounded by supporters, Rose Starnes left Chicago Police Department headquarters Thursday afternoon still hoping her daughter will come home safe.
"Yasmin, if you can hear me, give me a call and let us know you are ok and alive," said Starnes.
Starnes and several West Side clergy had a nearly two-hour meeting with police superintendent Jody Weis, which comes as a sometimes frantic 20-month search for the girl continues and after a ruling by the CPD's internal affairs division that officers botched efforts to find Yasmin.
"She was instantly classified as a runaway. From our standpoint, runaways don't break locks, nor do they break doors," said Rev. Cy Fields, Leader's Network of West Side Clergy.
This week, the reward for information about the teen's disappearance was raised from $3,000 to $5,000.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7019889
The family of a missing teenager met with Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis Thursday.
Yasmin Acree disappeared more than a year-and-a-half ago. Her family believes police hampered efforts to find her. Police officials have admitted there was misconduct while investigating the case.
And it is those mistakes that the family of Yasmin Acree says cost precious time and effort in finding the teen. Thursday, the girl's family asked Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis to reclassify the case and have detectives investigating the Yasmin's disappearance, not treat her as a runaway, but as a missing person who was kidnapped.
Surrounded by supporters, Rose Starnes left Chicago Police Department headquarters Thursday afternoon still hoping her daughter will come home safe.
"Yasmin, if you can hear me, give me a call and let us know you are ok and alive," said Starnes.
Starnes and several West Side clergy had a nearly two-hour meeting with police superintendent Jody Weis, which comes as a sometimes frantic 20-month search for the girl continues and after a ruling by the CPD's internal affairs division that officers botched efforts to find Yasmin.
"She was instantly classified as a runaway. From our standpoint, runaways don't break locks, nor do they break doors," said Rev. Cy Fields, Leader's Network of West Side Clergy.
This week, the reward for information about the teen's disappearance was raised from $3,000 to $5,000.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7019889
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http://www.newsnet5.com/news/22316909/detail.html
22 Jan 10
Authorities in Chicago believe a missing 17-year-old girl is in the Cleveland area.
Yasmine Acree, of Chicago, Ill., was reported missing on Jan. 16, 2008.
The Chicago Police Department received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that there was an anonymous tip that the missing girl was seen in Cleveland.
Acree is 5-foot-1 and weighs 125 pounds.Anyon with information on the whereabouts of Acree should call 216-623-5630.
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22 Jan 10
Authorities in Chicago believe a missing 17-year-old girl is in the Cleveland area.
Yasmine Acree, of Chicago, Ill., was reported missing on Jan. 16, 2008.
The Chicago Police Department received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that there was an anonymous tip that the missing girl was seen in Cleveland.
Acree is 5-foot-1 and weighs 125 pounds.Anyon with information on the whereabouts of Acree should call 216-623-5630.
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Chicago Teen Investigation Continues in Cleveland
A tip from "America's Most Wanted" has police looking for a Chicago girl in Cleveland.
Yasmine Acree has been missing for two years and police say they need your help in solving the case.
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Chicago Police Detective Mike Roth says, "The tip was that an anonymous caller saw the child in a friend of a friend's home. The caller does not remember the address or street name of the residence. The child was getting an auburn curly weave put in her natural hair at the residence. That's the tip and it's just somewhere in Cleveland Ohio."
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-americas-most-wanted-chicago-teen-txt,0,1467586.story
A tip from "America's Most Wanted" has police looking for a Chicago girl in Cleveland.
Yasmine Acree has been missing for two years and police say they need your help in solving the case.
[snip]
Chicago Police Detective Mike Roth says, "The tip was that an anonymous caller saw the child in a friend of a friend's home. The caller does not remember the address or street name of the residence. The child was getting an auburn curly weave put in her natural hair at the residence. That's the tip and it's just somewhere in Cleveland Ohio."
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-americas-most-wanted-chicago-teen-txt,0,1467586.story
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A friend of a friends home, getting her hair done. So clearly, the person who made the tip must not have been driving, or was taking public transportation with the friend to this residence where the hair was being done. Why wouldn't the tipster ask the friend- who knows the other friend- what address and what street? And ask her friend, if he or she agrees the person they saw resembled Yasmin? Or if they wish to remain anonymous regarding the possible tip, say they wanted to refer a friend to get their hair done? It would not at all be uncommon to ask the name, address and phone number to refer a friend to get their hair done.
Sadly, it sounds like a very weak tip and the police say they have little to work on from it in the above linked article.
It's hard to believe it has been two years already that Yasmin has been missing. I hope where ever she is, she is safe.
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Yasmin Rayon Acree
Endangered Missing -- Missing Since: January 15, 2008
Missing From: Chicago, Illinois
Height: 5'1" -- Weight: 125 lbs -- Hair Color: Black -- Eye Color: Brown
Yasmin Acree is described as a fun-loving and well-adjusted young girl whose disappearance has stumped police in Chicago. She was last seen in her home, headed to her bedroom after finishing a load of laundry. Cops now say she's disappeared without a trace.
Police found that a lock on a gate behind the home had been cut. A lock on the basement door had also been cut.
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January 15, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Friends and family of a Chicago teen who disappeared three years ago are calling for someone to come forward with information in the case.
They passed out flyers Saturday in the 4800-block of West Congress.
Yasmin Acree vanished from her home on January 15, 2008.
full short article at link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7900407&rss=rss-wls-article-7900407
Praying for answers regarding Yasmin's disappearance and still hoping she is found safely.
They passed out flyers Saturday in the 4800-block of West Congress.
Yasmin Acree vanished from her home on January 15, 2008.
full short article at link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7900407&rss=rss-wls-article-7900407
Praying for answers regarding Yasmin's disappearance and still hoping she is found safely.